When we finally get around to praying, have we noticed that it's usually because we've run into a situation that feels like an EMERGENCY?
"Lord, I've got a big problem."
"Oh Lord, please get me out of debt."
"Our Father, send me a man."
"Dear God, what I need is a plan."
Always so urgent when we speak, and ask God to drop favors in our laps.
Not quiet so urgent in-between, when everything seems to be going our way. When we're paying attention to our will, and not to our Father's.
What we miss is that the answers and the solutions
have always been there before we need them.
We're just not willing to
listen to God ... not even when the consequences of our choices lead us to seek him in urgent, emergency-style "Lord please fix things!" prayer.
